Questions tagged [system-apps]
A System app is an app which is placed under /system/app folder in an Android device. As /system is read-only, such an app cannot be uninstalled by an "ordinary" user.
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Installing .apk as system app directly (with root)
I'm wondering is it possible to install .apk file as system app directly (with root)? Without converting user app to system app.
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Removing apk of inbuilt apps completely (without rooting)
I'm working on Samsung Galaxy On7, Android 6.0.1-Marshmallow.
My internal memory is 8 GB, due to which I have disabled several inbuilt apps which I do not need at all.
The problem is that, these ...
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Are there any ways to install a third party keyboard as the system keyboard?
I am wondering if it is possible to install a new keyboard as the system keyboard. I'd like to do this because I want to use an open-source keyboard (Like AnysoftKeyboard) for typing my encryption ...
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how to make app run as under root on non rooted device
I'm making some apps for internal use in one company and I need to make my apps run as system apps (as on rooted device) but with out rooting it. I'm thinking of root device, put packages to /data/...
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How do I remove SIM Toolkit app? [duplicate]
About 2 months ago or so, I upgraded my SIM to 4G and I realized after the upgrade there's a SIM Toolkit icon on my home screen and I'm about to move it at least at my Tool folder.
Screenshot (click ...
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How can I achieve operator agnostic call barring?
so, I've got a rooted Samsung G800F.
My objective:
The phone has access to mobile data (not WiFi). (Intended for
streaming Amazon and Youtube and maybe a bit of surfing or
tethering.)
The phone can ...
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Android system recovery from Windows
I have the cheap Android tablet. During my experiments, I had rooted it and removed application folder. Now I can't turn on my tablet it is loading forever.
I have read about ways to load new ROM on ...
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Google Apps - can be uninstalled and replaced by your own preferred system applications
Can we all change the basic system apps installed on our phones? (e.g. contacts, phone, messaging etc.) And replacing it with new applications that can't harm and destroy the phone's stock rom?
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Do system apps automatically get root permissions?
If I install the famous App "Tincore Key Mapper" as a system app, will it get the required root permissions without my phone being rooted or damaged? If the answer is positive: How to do ...
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How to see the list of uninstalled applications?
Is there a way to see the list of uninstalled applications (which are also removed from the list provided by Google Play) or the history of app installations? Does adb support any operations like this?...
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Application or timetracking [closed]
Is there any android app to monitor the time you have worked with another app in the android device?
I want to see how many hours I use an app in a day.
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Cannot disable com.motorola.ccc.ota
Since "Motorola Software Update" decided to download Nougat OTA without asking my opinion, I declared a war. But the weapons I use are broken.
Withot su:
shell@athene:/ $ pm disable com.motorola.ccc....
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How to Block Pre-Installed Auto App Installer Malware?
I dont know which pre-installed app is auto installing new apps.
But I think its com.android.system.service (also on few other phones: http://en.miui.com/thread-459132-1-1.html)
Firewall is not ...
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Is it OK to remove this SaleTracker app?
I was going through apps I could uninstall and discovered this app called "Launcher" which lives in /system/app/SaleTracker.apk. Googling for the APK name suggests this is some sort of malware (...
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Convert installed app to system app
I am on Samsung Galaxy J2, rooted with TWRP flashing. I want to convert a GPS Spoofer to a system app.
I tried Link2SD and Titanium Backup, but both of them failed. I tried to move it manually, but in ...
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How to start the application optimization process without having to restart the device?
Hello everyone
I have a question, I had to install an application manually, moving its data, dex and apk to the corresponding directories in the / data, but for the moment the application did not ...
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Is there a way to replace the Android system file manager with a third-party file manager?
I'm using an OnePlus 3 with Android 6 (Marshmallow). For me the standard Android system file manager that opens when you want to send a photo or video via WhatsApp is just horrible.
It's slow and you ...
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Xposed as a system app
And by the course of the days, memory keeps stacking and stacking up on Android, I have the habit of restoring the phone after a while (even with root, SuperSU as system app). But now I have Xposed ...
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How can I uninstall this app which keeps getting reinstalled?
Hello I'm running android 4.2 Samsung rooted. There is an app which always appears on my data/app folder and always runs at start-up. When I go to app manager I can uninstall it however the next time ...
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Make Google apps usermode
I want to have minimal google apps (market, gmail, sync) as user apps without any permission to the system. like prevent google to force-remove an app from my phone etc. I saw once google apps ...
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high volume warning window cause system halt
I'm using Nexus 6 for a long time, but after some safety update, a problem came up. Before, when you raise the volume above a certain level, the system would warn you that it is bad for your hearing ...
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How to fix can't install app error 505 on a rooted device?
I am on dirty unicorns 10.6 marshmallow rom. First I installed Gboard - Google keyboard app as system app through Lucky Patcher app. After restarting device I tried to open it through Lucky Patcher ...
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why do some apps not work in /system?
I'm setting up some devices with a custom rom and my own custom app zip. Generally it works fine but I've found that some apps misbehave when installed into the system partition. What usually happens ...
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How do I disable Google App?
I'm using Android 6.0 (non-rooted) phone. Holding home button opens up Google App which I never use.
I don't think that I can change the behavior of holding home button at least as non-root user. (If ...
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installing apk in /system/app with android 5.1 or higher (simple adb push doesn't work anynore)
maybe this is a newbie question, but I'm struggling to find an answer...
I need to install some apk as system apps.
In past (up to android 5.01) I was used to just adb push to /system/app and ...
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Disable system apps without closed-source tools?
After spending more than an hour searching through F-Droid for an app to disable system apps, I gave up. The only thing I was able to find was Disable Manager and that doesn't seem to be able to ...
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How to lower battery consumption on a S6 edge
Im not sure on what site I should be asking this.
So my phone is an s6 edge and it consumes too much energy. Im curious of how we can reduce the phone consumption using some app or root option I can ...
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How can I remove a System App from my rooted phone?
I have rooted my device, and removed several System apps successfully, including this one. However, I then accidentally restored this particular app and now I seem to be stuck with it.
I've also ...
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Restore: Any Solution?
Presently, running on cyanogenmod 13, I need to switch the device to cyanogenmod 14. But, the problem is that, I need to restore my contacts, call log and messages to newer version. I have tried ...
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Replacing pre-installed Settings app
I own Intex Aqua Life III with Android Lollipop. The pre-installed Settings app behaves like malware, automatically installing unwanted apps. On uninstalling this pre-installed Settings app, the issue ...
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Lollipop/ART - how do I manually optimize APK files?
I've asked this question before. After checking out logcat, it seems that the OS is looking for the odex files. I've checked the odex files of other system apps on my ROM, and it turns out they're ELF ...
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Apps not showing .How to reinstall the factory apps
Ok so i rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 inch tablet and i wanted to get rid of some useless factory apps that i never used but after i did that and exited kingroot i had no applications on my ...
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Lollipop and above - How do I install an APK as a system app?
Back in the day, installing an app as a system app was as simple as moving the APK file to /system/app or /system/priv-app. Removing them was as simple as deleting the APK.
Now, while I'm customizing ...
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Difference between system app and 3rd party apps?
I was reading about best system optimisation app for android, and this thought came into my mind as what's the difference if you optimise through a 3rd party app or the system app.
So let's say I ...
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Consequences of disabling com.android.SystemUI
I have not been able to find the consecuences of disabling the SystemUI app (com.android.systemui) on Android Lollipop. The tablet is rooted so to disable it I just have to send the command pm disable ...
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Possible to detach a system app from the Play Store?
Is it possible to detach a system app from the Play Store, without disabling or uninstalling it?
I would prefer to leave the system app in its partition, and not move it.
Solution should be ...
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Deleting system files
I've been trying for a few weeks to root my android device. I'm running a ZTE Whirl 2 (Z667G) and none of the 25 one-click root programs have worked on it. I've given up on that path.
So I started ...
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Remove preinstalled apps without rooting
Is there any other way apart from rooting the device to remove preinstalled apps?
If it's relevant, the Android version is 4.4 Kitkat.
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I uninstalled systemui... now phone stops working
I have this phone, it is rooted.
I backed up the systemui which total size is smaller than 5mb then I uninstalled it using titanium backup then a message appeared "unfortunately systemui has stopped ...
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How can I restore the Gallery system app to my Samsung Galaxy S5?
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S5 (mini, if that makes a difference) rooted through Odin
I made a back-up of the Gallery app & data with Titanium Backup
I deleted the Gallery app
I want the ...
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Install system app fails
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 which I have rooted. I am attempting to move app updates to /system/app to save space on my /data/ partition. I follow the standard process (not enough points to link yet):
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How to configure the system to choose apps to open links/files in one click?
Every time I want to open a link or a file it asks me to choose which app to use and whether I'd like to use this app always or this time only. I want to be given the choice every time so I always ...
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Dialer, Contacts and Messenger apps closing automatically in Oneplus X
Since a week, the Dialer, Contacts and Messenger apps have been crashing frequently whenever I try to open them. But after few hours after crashing somehow they start working normally. I have tried ...
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How do I prevent an app from force closing due to low memory
I have a floating application (a paint pad) which "floats as a window" in the foreground, while other apps are running.
However, when I open some large applications, it is force closed.
What I ...
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Why do apps from the play store get moved back to internal storage after update
I've got a good amount of apps installed on my phone's internal storage and I've moved the majority of them (anything taking up more than 15MB) to my SD card. My Android version is Lollipop now. After ...
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Where to find com.sonyericsson.android.camera?
i want to update Sony Camera app on my device, i tried to install the new version as normal APK but that didn't work, because of signature problems i think, i get 'package not installed', however, i ...
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I turned off some apps that were necessary, now things dont' work
I have a Samsung Galaxy 3, around a year old. Recently it started spontaneously rebooting all the time (like every ten minutes). I looked on line for possible explanations, and found sites telling ...
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Majority of apps deleted themselves (including Google Play services) on a Samsung device
My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has developed an interesting fault.
It happened one evening, after the phone shut down due to low power. Its symptoms:
It has deleted (or appears to have deleted) most of ...
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A way to automate the creation of flashable ZIPs
So, my question is: is there a way to automate the creation of flashable ZIP archives, in order to avoid having to write the updater-script and update-binary by myself each and every time I want a ZIP ...
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System apps location on Android Jelly Bean
I chose to pose this question here, since I don't have any Jelly Bean device nearby.
On Android KitKat, system apps are located at /system/priv-app/. On Lollipop and Marshmallow, instead, they're ...
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